How To Install ratpoints on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ratpoints on Fedora 34.

What is ratpoints

Ratpoints is a program that uses an optimized quadratic sieve algorithm in order to find rational points on hyperelliptic curves. ratpoints 2.1.3 24.fc34 x86_64 205 k ratpoints-2.1.3-24.fc34.src.rpm fedora Find rational points on hyperelliptic curves http GPLv2+ Ratpoints is a program that uses an optimized quadratic sieve algorithm in order to find rational points on hyperelliptic curves.

We can use yum or dnf to install ratpoints on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ratpoints.

Install ratpoints on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ratpoints using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ratpoints

Install ratpoints on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ratpoints using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ratpoints

How To Uninstall ratpoints on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the ratpoints package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ratpoints

ratpoints Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ratpoints
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/a81d350de24908711f72c832f1d59568cd8ed7
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/a58caabb450d7ef29bee97859c41914d4e8466
/usr/lib/libratpoints.so.0
/usr/share/doc/ratpoints
/usr/share/doc/ratpoints/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/share/doc/ratpoints/ratpoints-doc.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/ratpoints.1.gz
/usr/bin/ratpoints
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/07f9e4c30b30df72167e339eb42f4aa7b256d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/94df62c15bb40b82276fa8d828a8fe0947aa9c
/usr/lib64/libratpoints.so.0
/usr/share/doc/ratpoints
/usr/share/doc/ratpoints/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/share/doc/ratpoints/ratpoints-doc.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/ratpoints.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ratpoints on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.